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Quotes by Indian Authors
"He wished he could have roots spreading under every inch of his lost soil, his beloved lost home, that he could have been part of something, that he could have been himself, walking down the road not taken, living a life in context and not the migrant's hollow journey that had been his fate."
"Hanging conversations, uncertain observations, incomplete imaginations.Unsent text messages, unreplied mails, undecided calls, unattended places.Unsettled pledges, distant searches.Some underutilized wages, some unseen dreams, sitting on dried leaves, believing the unbelieved, bidding adieu, to the accepted, how much she wanted todo, what was, detested!"
"My enemies don't scared me .. but the people who say I love you."
"Thoughts have creative energy exhilaration is required to creates dissolves and recreates."
"The war for the Narmada valley is not just some exotic tribal war, or a remote rural war or even an exclusively Indian war. Its a war for the rivers and the mountains and the forests of the world. All sorts of warriors from all over the world, anyone who wishes to enlist, will be honored and welcomed. Every kind of warrior will be needed. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, judges, journalists, students, sportsmen, painters, actors, singers, lovers . . . The borders are open, folks! Come on in."
"Motivation overcomes self-limitations."
"I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them."
"You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love."
"Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up."
"This Thanksgiving, may your heart be full of gratitude and your home filled with love and laughter. Wishing you a blessed and joyful day!"
"Only after beggary (bhikh) goes away completely, can one see this world 'as it is'."
"It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. The fact that they exist at all, their presence in our lives, will wreak more havoc than we can begin to fathom. Nuclear weapons pervade our thinking. Control our behavior. Administer our societies. Inform our dreams. They bury themselves like meat hooks deep in the base of our brains. They are purveyors of madness. They are the ultimate colonizer. Whiter than any white man that ever lived. The very heart of whiteness."
"A fleeting second on someone's news feed, No dearth of meanings for those who read, Not my stories but 'tis what I think, I say I don't write poems, I just write dreams."
"The buddhi [intellect] is today's gain, it is today's experience! Whereas, akkal [insight, wisdom] is a nature's gift!"
"Get me a cappuccino, with toasties, flavored in Jalapeno.'Anything special for the cappuccino?He asked, the waiter chivalrous.'Follow the ideal doing, grind the beans just before brewing.Use spring water, for softened water, makes a horror.A parley perfect, between the coffee, and the milk, with some, brown sugar thick. (Poem: An apology of a coffee lunatic, Book: Ginger and Honey)"
"The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty."
"Bowing down in prayer to a body results in worldly life and bowing down in prayer to Soul results in attaining moksha (final liberation)."
"But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years."
"It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
"We should propagate the values of vegetarianism."
"Hard work make us strong and behaviour makes us unique."
"Wishing you the motivation to work diligently, the courage to dream boldly, and the joy to celebrate every victory."
"Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him."
"May the divine blessings of Lord Ganesha fill your life with endless happiness, prosperity, and love. Wishing you a blessed Ganesh Chaturthi!"
"As for the third Official Reason: exposing Western Hypocrisy - how much more exposed can they be? Which decent human being on earth harbors any illusions about it? These are people whose histories are spongy with the blood of others. Colonialism, apartheid, slavery, ethnic cleansing, germ warfare, chemical weapons - they virtually invented it all."
"You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean."
"I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all."
"Wishing you happiness, health, and prosperity this Ganesh Chaturthi! May Lord Ganesha bless you with endless opportunities and success."
"Don't take life seriously, because seriousness kills creativity and joy."
"It is not 'Have I got a chance?' It is more often: 'Have I seen my chance?"
"May Lord Ganesha's divine presence fill your home with love, happiness, and success. Have a prosperous and joyful Ganesh Chaturthi!"
"In the very first month of Indian Opinion, I realized that the sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper press is a great power, but just as an unchained torrent of water submerges whole countrysides and devastates crops, even so an uncontrolled pen serves but to destroy. If the control is from without, it proves more poisonous than want of control. It can be profitable only when exercised from within. If this line of reasoning is correct, how many of the journals in the world would stand the test? But who would stop those that are useless? And who should be the judge? The useful and the useless must, like good and evil generally, go on together, and man must make his choice."
"May your kites rise as high as your hopes and dreams today."
"When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?"
"Have a spooktacular Halloween and let your imagination run wild with spooky fun!"
"Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma"discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions"but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom. Not examining the meaning of those teachings with wisdom, they do not gain a reflective acceptance of them. Instead they learn the Dhamma only for the sake of criticising others and for winning in debates, and they do not experience the good for the sake of which they learned the Dhamma."
"Wishing you a joyous harvest, bright skies, and unforgettable celebrations with your dear ones."
"You will never get everything in life but you will get enough."
"Actions undertaken in anger, only result in pain, sorrow, and regret."
"Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India."
"Needless documentation hampers performance."
"I couldn't find my cup of tea.So probably, I've been simply taking a sip from everyone else's cup. May be it shouldn't matter as long as there is tea to drink. Or should it?"
"May the grace of Lord Ganesha bring love, happiness, and prosperity to your family. Have a joyful and blessed Ganesh Chaturthi!"
"The most important and uniquely glorious element of Buddha's character was that, he did not compel his pupils to be slaves either to his teachings or to himself, but like a conscientious human, demanded from his followers to accept his words not merely out of regard for him but after subjecting them to a thorough examination. And this is where Buddha stands out from the crowd of self-proclaimed prophets."
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